Improvement in velocipedes



MILLER L ELLIS.

Velcipede.

Patented Feb.9,1s69.

-w- G 5mm @mail CHARLES H. MILLER AND GEORGE ELLIS, 0F lCINCINNATI, OHIO. L Letters Patent No. 86,682, dated Februa/ry 9, 1869. I

NEPROVEIVIENT IN' VELOCIPEDES The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the game.

To whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that We, CHARLES H. MILLER and GEORGE ELLIS, both of Cincinnati, Hamiltomcounty,

Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVelocipedes; and 'We hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description vthereoref erenee being had to the ae'companying drawings, making part of this speoiiication.

Our invention relates to the provision of a guard, or fender, for protecting the person of the rider from mud or dirt projected from the Wheels.

Figure l is a side elevation of aveloeipecle embodying ourginvention.

Figures 2 and 3 are sections in the lines -x-x and zj-11, respectively. Y

The following partsmay be of customary construction, namely, the perch A, front or pilot-Wheel B, rear wheel C, tiller D, king-bolt E, driving-cranks F, and Seat G.

Our improvement consists in the provision of the seini-tubular guards, s'heaths, or fenders H and I, preferably of metal, attached to the king-bolt E and the perch A respectively, or in any other manner preferred, and covering the upper and rear portions of theA peripheries of the Wheels, so as to catch all particles of mud or dirt which may be projected by their een-` trii'ugal action.

One ormore braees, J may be employed to hold ard, and the latter to the perch and axle, substantially as and for thel purpose setforth.

4 In testimony of Whiehinvention, We have hereunto set our hands.

CHARLES H. MILLER. GEORGE ELLIS. Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, Y JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

